Means for transportation of fish.



Patented Mar. 2, I90l.

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MEANS FOR TRANSPORTATION OF FISH.

SPECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 669,751, dated March 12, 1901.

Application filed December 28, 1900! flerial No. 11,419. (No model.)

To (ti/Z whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, HANSON B. JOYCE, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Seattle, King county, State of Washington, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Means for Transportation of Fish, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to means for transportation of fish, and has special reference to a device of this class which renders it possible to handle the product of a catch in its entirety; and I have for the objects thereof to facilitate the transportation of fish from the point of catch to storage, guard the product from mutilation during transmission, and red uce the manual labor required for the performance of the work.

The aboveset-forth objects and others equally as desirable I attain by the construction, combination, and arrangement of parts as disclosed on the accompanying drawings, set forth in the following specification, and especially pointed out in the appended claims.

With reference to the drawings heretofore mentioned and included as a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a sack. destined to hold fish and a portion of a block and tackle as preferably employed to raise the sack from the case therefor. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section of a float having a case for the sack embodied therewith and said case and sack indicated in relative position and in like section, and Fig. 3 is a plan view of a dory with a case for the sack indicated as preferably embodied therewith.

Like characters of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views of the drawings.

In the drawings heretofore described the reference character A indicates a flexible receptacle for fish, conveniently termed a fishsack, which is preferably made with one open side to form a mouth and'composed of netting, but can comprise any suitable fabric of sufficientstrengthtosupportafullload. This receptacle is preferably stretched on a frame, as (L, which is preferably rectangular in outline and of any requisite size to fit along the edge of the open side thereof to support same in proper position in a case, as B, to hold the fish-sack to form while being lifted therefrom and conveniently keep the mouth thereof open for con venience in depositing the catch therein while resting in said case.

The frame a is conveniently made of iron, wood, or any suitable material of sufficient strength to withstand the strain of the load in lifting, and a suitable ball, as b, is conveniently attached to the corners thereof in any desired manner, as by rings d, secured to said frame and connected to the bails.

In the present embodiment the case B is conveniently combined with a suitable float, as D, preferably made in the form of a dory, as shown in Fig. 3, and having the case preferably located amidships to insure the float from listing or tipping when the sack is loaded. As indicated in the drawings, this case B comprises a rigid box-like structure, which can be conveniently included in the construction of the float or rendered separable therefrom and in the present embodiment incloses a compartment, as B, in the float, with the walls thereof conveniently made of suitable stiff material, as wood, and rendered smooth throughout and diverging upwardly to the gunwale to insure the removal of the fish-sack therefrom wit-bout danger of catching on the ribbons or other projecting parts of the float.

When the fish-sack is placed in the case B, the frame a should rest upon opposite upper edges thereof, and thus keep the sack from collapsing into the case as the fish are placed therein.

The case B is conveniently reiidered water-tight to keep the slimy product of the fish from spreading over the float, and thus render the operation of fishing less offensive and dirty by confining the mucous exudation of the catch to the case as it passes through the open meshes of the fish-sack, from which it also drips as the sack is momentarily poised above the case during removal therefrom, and thus insures the delivery of the fish to storage without smearing the slime over the float.

In use the float D, with the fish-sack A in the compartment B, is brought to the fishinggrounds, and as the fish are removed from the water they are placed in the sack, which thus becomes the receptacle for the entire catch, if within its capacity, after which the float is brought to the desired place for discharging the load, and a suitable block and tackle, as E, is preferably attached to the bails b to remove the fish-sack from the case, and thus handle the entire catch at one time to avoid the disagreeable and timely work of discharging and removing the fish one at a time, which is expensive and results in great mutilation of the fish.

In deep-Water fishing or Where fishof great size are caught in large numbers this device is extremely useful, as it expedites the operation of handling the fish, renders the labor less dirty and offensive, and guards the prodnot of the catch from mutilation and also preserves the form of the fish, as the frame a, at the mouth keeps the sack from binding the fish when the load is lifted. Furthermore, the flexibility of the fish-sack permits of the storage of a plurality of loaded sacks in a limited space, as each will collapse and conform to the size of its load when resting in storage, while still preserving the contained fish separate and apart from those in the other sacks, thus permitting of a grading of the fish as caught by using several floats with cases and fish-sacks and their delivery in like assortment without necessary designation in various handlings of the sacks preceding final disposition of the contained products of the catch.

Having thus described myinvention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. A device of the nature indicated, comprising a float, a compartment therein with an open top, a removable sack fitting said compartment and having bails.

2. A device of the nature indicated, comprising a float, a compartment therein inclosed' by upwardly-diverging walls with smooth inner surfaces, a removable sack com prising a float, a rectangular case therein inclosing a compartment with upwardly-diverging walls having smooth inner surfaces, a removable sack composed of netting fitting said compartment, a rigid rectangular frame attached to the mouth of said sack and adapted to rest upon opposite edges of said case, and balls attached to said frame.

5. A device of the nature indicated, ,comprising a float, a water-tight rectangular case on the float amidships having upwardly-diverging walls with smooth inner surfaces, a

removable sack composed of netting, fitting said compartment, a rigid rectangular frame attached to the mouth of said sack and adapted to rest upon opposite edges of said case, and bails attached to said frame.

Signed by me at Seattle, King cou nty, Wash-- .ington, this 3d day of December, 1900.

HANSON B. JOYCE. Witnesses:

W. PARRY SMITH, C. A. MCKENZIE. 

